{"nrhp_refnum":"88002227","name":"Allen, Ethan, School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3001 Robbins Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.02976308700005,"lon":-75.06196701299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story yellow brick school building at 3001 Robbins Avenue, at 21st and Winter Streets in the Frankford area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, built 1929-1930 on a raised basement. It was designed by Irwin T. Catharine using School Board Type Number 144.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is one of six buildings constructed on the same model by Catharine between 1924 and 1930, and that it retains a very high degree of integrity. It is presented as an excellent example of Catharine's 1920s Art Deco school designs, which used colored terra cotta. It is nominated as part of the Philadelphia Public Schools Thematic District under Criterion C for architecture.","narrative":"Built in 1929-1930 from a School Board design, this three-story yellow brick school at 3001 Robbins Avenue in Philadelphia's Frankford area sits on a raised basement. Its design was by Irwin T. Catharine, who used School Board Type Number 144 for six schools built between 1924 and 1930. The Clara Barton School, completed in 1924-1925, was the first, and its colored terra cotta tiles helped move Catharine's school designs from the Colonial Revival toward Art Deco. The Ethan Allen School is the entrance-focused example of that group. Its arched entry has terra cotta trim and clustered pilasters, and its stairtowers project from the facade. A diapered brick panel fills the upper central band, and a carved stone name plaque sits in the parapet. The building is listed for its architecture as a well-preserved, high-integrity example of Catharine's late 1920s work, and it remains in use as a school.","period_of_significance":"1929-1930","architect_builder":"Irwin T. Catharine (architect); Unknown (builder)","architectural_style":"Art Deco","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Excellent condition; in use as a school","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.580312-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/88002227.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002227/27e22657e8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002227/27e22657e8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E_Allen_School_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E_Allen_School_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993490","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Allen_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5402883"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/allen-ethan-school-88002227/"}